DIGITA

L LIFE

101

LEARNING GOALS…

• learn about the 24/7, social nature of digital media.

• explore your digital lives.• learn that it is important to act

responsibly when carrying out relationships over digital media.

SCALESCORE LEARNING GOALS ACHIEVED

4“I can teach it”

~HELP SOMEONE ELSE!~ I am able to understand the 24/7, social nature of digital media. I understand what my digital life is all about I am able act responsibly when carrying out relationships over digital media I am able to help other students achieve the learning goals

 

3“GOT IT…Yes!”~HIGH FIVE!~

I am able to understand the 24/7, social nature of digital media. I understand what my digital life is all about I am able act responsibly when carrying out relationships over digital media 

2“ALMOST! Yes, but…”

~THUMBS UP!~ I am able to understand the 24/7, social nature of digital media. I understand what my digital life is all about

 

1“GETTING THERE….No, but…”

~RAISE YOUR HAND~ I am able to understand the 24/7, social nature of digital media.

 

0“CLUELESS… No idea”

~NOD YOUR HEAD~ I have NO idea what you are talking about “WHAT????”

KEY WORDS

• communication, including television, radio, and newspapers, that often reaches and impacts a large audience

media:

digital media:• electronic devices and media platforms such as

computers, cell phones, digital video, social networking sites, the Internet, video games, and virtual worlds that allow users to create, communicate, and interact with one another or with the device or application itself

QUESTIONS

• What are examples of things you do with one-way media, such as TVs or radios?

• What are some of the ways that people communicate with or share with others over digital media?

• Watch TV• Listen to the radio

• IM• Go on social networks• Text• Talk in virtual worlds• Blog• Upload videos and

photos• Play multiplayer

games

DIGITAL LIFE 101 VIDEO

What are some things you learned from the video?

• Digital media are a 24/7 part of our culture.

• Digital media are social. They allow people to build friendships, join new communities, and provide amazing opportunities for creation and self-expression.

MAKE A CONCEPT MAP • Types of digital media

• Actions students take with digital media

• Your Feelings about digital media

• Your Parents’ Feelings about digital media

MY MEDIA LIFE IS LIKE … STUDENT HANDOUT create and illustrate a simile about your digital life.

SIMILE: a literary device for comparing two unlike things. A simile is similar to a metaphor, which is another literary device for making comparisons

EXAMPLES:

• Someone who does not use much media at all might say that her media life is like a dry desert because there is little life there.

• Someone might say that his media life is like a track meet because he is exhausted at the end of the day.

REVIEWWHERE YOU ARE ON THESCALE

SCORE LEARNING GOALS ACHIEVED

4“I can teach it”

~HELP SOMEONE ELSE!~ I am able to understand the 24/7, social nature of digital media. I understand what my digital life is all about I am able act responsibly when carrying out relationships over digital media I am able to help other students achieve the learning goals

 

3“GOT IT…Yes!”~HIGH FIVE!~

I am able to understand the 24/7, social nature of digital media. I understand what my digital life is all about I am able act responsibly when carrying out relationships over digital media 

2“ALMOST! Yes, but…”

~THUMBS UP!~ I am able to understand the 24/7, social nature of digital media. I understand what my digital life is all about

 

1“GETTING THERE….No, but…”

~RAISE YOUR HAND~ I am able to understand the 24/7, social nature of digital media.

 

0“CLUELESS… No idea”

~NOD YOUR HEAD~ I have NO idea what you are talking about “WHAT????”

GOT MEDIA SMARTS? QUIZ